Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!star.cs.vu.nl!rvdp From: rvdp@cs.vu.nl (=Ronald van der Pol) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: SCO-Unix - booting to single user mode and then crash Message-ID: <7965@star.cs.vu.nl> Date: 17 Oct 90 18:21:21 GMT References: <9010171604.AA24053@decpa.pa.dec.com> Sender: news@cs.vu.nl Lines: 40 paine@fungus.dec.com (Willy Paine) writes: > -------------------< display >---------------------------------- > > Type control-d to proceed with normal startup, > ( or give root passwd > for system maintaince. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Then it freezes or crashs and I can not press . Notice there > is no real linefeed between "startup," and "(or give" I have had the same problem. You can type in your root password and then (!!!). It really works (I found out when I became real angry and just hit same random keys :-) After you have logged in as root type 'stty sane'. Now you can work again. > > How can I upgrade this from disk instead of installing from scratch? You should create an 'emergency boot floppy' and a 'root filesystem floppy' (sysadmsh->filesystems->floppy). This procedure and restoring your root filesystem is very poorly documented and what the manual says about it is **not** correct. You should at least do the following: - Make a boot and root floppy - When your root filesystem is too big (development system, etc) you probably get 'out of inodes' on the floppy. I don't know yet what to do about that. - You have to make a mount point on the 'root filesystem floppy' for the hard disk. - You should first remove your old root filesystem or create a new root filesystem on your hard disk. Otherwise you still can have old (bogus) files in your system. Again: the manual is **totally inadequate** !!! Good luck, -- Ronald van der Pol